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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Wow, what a birthday! ....by joel

Well, Hello again!

I am back in said unnamed eastern European country with my
beloved wife and soon to be official two sons….very excited!Today was my 36th birthday, almost
forgotten but thanks to facebook reminding all my friends to remind me, it was
remembered!Yesterday was miserable for
me, I had a sinus infection set in and all that goes with it but today brought
hope…hope of seeing my boys again.We
had to skip Saturday because of me feeling ill and lack of sleep catching up
with me (something I would have never thought to happen but sometimes your body
can’t take any more).

Since I had flown in Thursday, I had only had two visits to
the orphanage.Avisit with both boys
Thursday afternoon, and Friday’s was cut short due to timing of court and the
craziness that went on there.We felt a
need for a short visit after and a desperate need to get on our knees and do
some praying.Our court has been
postponed as requested by the prosecutor and all we can ask is that you pray
for him, we will be seeing him and the judge again Wednesday for her ruling.

Today was hard to get around to actually going, the
temperature has dropped into the mid 50s-60 and there is rain and 20 mph winds,
something I did not prepare for!We have
a 10 minute walk to the metro and a 10 minute walk from the metro to the
orphanage so it was cold and miserable…add the sinus stuff to the mix, a lack
of long sleeved shirt or jacket and I was mentally whooped before leaving the
apartment!

But once there, Jackson
really got me going…I had no choice and wouldn’t have it any other way!He was so fully of energy and something else
that I can’t put my finger on, maybe….YOUTH!This little man was wound up and needed some of it run out, and I was
the man for the job.There was ball,
drumming, banana snatching (from some unsuspecting other mom there),
running….and his favorite, get daddy to block me from running down the hall or
ramp to outside!This kid is so fun and
smart!He is learning sign language in
the few hours a day that Rachel was with him and copying movements and actions
that we do, it is absolutely amazing what a little love and one-on-one time can
do for a child!After an hour, this dude
wore me out!Luckily, we had an hour to
recover before Josiah’s scheduled time J

I was about asleep when Josiah was brought out to us, looked
like he was too!I didn’t know how this
little guy would keep us occupied for our visit, but man, he too can ware a dad
out!He is so studious, and at first I
didn’t know he was actually doing it for a reason…maybe just because he doesn’t
have anything else to do, but then….As
he was watching my fingers move, he started moving his the exact same way and
then as he watched my feet move, he was moving his feet in the exact same
way!It’s just that he needs some
one-on-one time, a little love and guidance.He is trying so hard to learn what is going on!He even gave me some verbal communication (I
think he wanted a steak and maybe some pepsi, Rachel called it baby babble)
which he has not done that much.I
continue to be amazed by both of these little guys and am blessed to finally be
here to witness it!

Please pray for our next court hearing on Wednesday at 11
local time, 3am central, specifically for the prosecutor.We also ask for prayer for these boys to
continue the bonding process with us.This is a very tiring process and we ask for prayers of endurance and
strength as well!

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Joel and I (Rachel) have been married 16 years. During this time we have had ups and downs but have stuck it out and in the process gave our lives to the Lord. We try to live every day for Him, doing His will for us and not our own. He chose not to bless us with children until now. He brought us to our two sons by way of some friends who adopted two little blessings of their own :) As we heard about the children listed with Reece's Rainbow, our hearts broke and we realized that this was what the Lord has intended for our lives. We knew adoption was in His plan for us but weren't clear on which direction to take, until we found RR.

And we now have our two blessings home with us!! Thank you to all who helped get us here. We are now enjoying the blessing of parenthood to two sweet little boys and we wouldn't change a thing!